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Last week, before I visited the Harvey Nichols Handbag shop, I went to one of the best midweek street markets in London, Leather Lane. For women this is a fantastic place to buy clothes, shoes and, of course, replica handbags, at low prices. If you go there do not embarrass yourself like a friend of mine, and ask for a receipt!! A market like this is not a tourist rip-off joint - all the traders are licensed, and pay a high rent to be there. In spite of this there are plenty of bargains available. I bought a High Street summer top for £5 instead of £30, it fits perfectly and looks fab. Which left me more money towards my Designer Handbag Fund. While I was in Leather Lane, I noticed how many handbags were on sale: I’d say more than half the clothes stalls also carried handbags. Have a look at the photo of this handbag seller, and you will see that the craze for oversize bags is still with us!!

If you know London, you may realise that Leather Lane is just round the corner from Hatton Garden, where you could fins your ideal diamonds - maybe put them on your handbag, in the same way as Chanel have done on their Diamond Forever bag?
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The Designer Handbag Industry is growing in importance every day and this month it received another boost from the screening of the movie version of Sex and The City. Every major handbag designer in the world wanted to see their handbags included in shots from the film. Although very few designer names were shown, the benefits for the whole industry are huge. Louis Vuitton was a prominent name but they are not included in the latest monitor of the High End Handbag sector. None less than Forbes has published a list of the most expensive handbags: wth prices now running into six figures, these economists must be burning the midnight oil to analyse the lastest designer phenomenon.

Top of the list is Chanel’s “Diamond Forever” tote Only thirteen copies of this diamond and alligator handbag have been produced. A luxury version of the classic Chanel shoulder bag, the Diamond version has iconic Chanel “Cs” encrusted with 334 diamonds (total of 3.56 carats), set in 18-carat white gold. I was relieved to learn that the alligator skin is farmed….

Also in the list of ten most costly designer bags you will find the Fendi B Bag in black crocodile ($27700), followed by the YSL Muse bag in white crocodile (cheaper at only $19000). Read more »

When I think of Chanel - which is really the ultimate designer label, in my view - I usually think of black and white. Coco Chanel’s iconic Little Black Dress, for example, or those cute little black-and-white tweed suits. Also the packaging of my two favourite perfumes, Chanel No. 5 and Coco. But I really think this cute little red bag by Chanel is worth getting a little colourful for. Imagine how it would look, teamed with a cool black shift for the Summer.
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More and more women are carrying replica handbags to enjoy the look and feel of a world luxury purse without paying dearly for it! Replica handbags are lovely additions to any wardrobe. There are many styles, colors, materials, and sizes of replica handbags so everyone can accomplish the look they want.

So why are so many women choosing replica handbags? Probably the main reason is to save money, plain and simple. But there are other reasons as well. Genuine luxury handbags can cost anywhere from several hundred dollars up to $1,000. Read more »

Copyright infringement is something that’s just not tolerated by the eBay folks so they will ban anybody who tries to sell knock offs of luxury designer handbags.

The “replica” market is flourishing by the day, as people buy duplicate products of popular brands. Although such products are widely sold in physical stores, forget selling duplicate handbags, or replicas of designer sunglasses through your eBay listings.

There are countless sellers out there who simply love to steal copyrighted stuff of other sellers and sell them on their own listings. Thankfully, eBay has something called as VERO (Verified Rights Owner) to deal with such offending auctions. But the sad part is that such sellers are not penalized!

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An object lesson in the importance of designer handbags in this year’s Paris prêt-à-porter catwalk shows for Autumn - Winter 2008. Or maybe the designers just have a bondage fetish, who knows? The fact is, designer bags have expanded the earning potential of all the big fashion houses and more than half the models carried bags as they strutted their stuff in Paris (March 2008).

With identical short, black, fringed bobs hiding their eyes and dark plum staining their lips, the 38 Yves Saint Laurent models marched through the bright, white, modernist tent in the Grand Palais to a hyper-techno beat with a precision that matched the impeccable and passionate tailoring of their clothes.

There was just one look for each – “I’ve learnt not to try and show every single thing,” said creative director, Stefano Pilati – and not a single handbag on show. “Everyone knows we do bags, why clutter?”

This autumn/winter 08/09

“Coco” Chanel once remarked “there is no fashion for the old”.

	Lagerfeld transformed classic Chanel items into fresh, young looks

In Paris yesterday, her successor at the famous French fashion house, Karl Lagerfeld, seemed intent on proving this was true.
As the singer, Rihanna, 20, and the boho-dressed Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary-Kate, 22, watched from the front row, Lagerfeld offered one of the youngest collections ever to bear the Chanel label.
Models with messy teenage hair, sprinkled with gold, and hardly any make-up, save for a slick of gold shadow on their eyelids, appeared in ripped denim mini-skirts with black, knitted ‘sloppy-joe’, boyfriend jumpers.
They wore clingy, girly sweater-dresses in grey, trimmed with baby-pink, and accessorized with berets with a badge on the front, or tight, clubby dresses in black crochet or black PVC. Even the classic, Chanel ‘cardigan suit’, which opened the show, had drunk from the elixir of youth.

In a creamy, pastel tweed, the jacket had its collar tucked under and featured a deliberate “designer hole” in one elbow, while the mini-skirt was decorated with “customized rips” in the same manner as way teenagers tear open and fray the knees of their jeans so they look “distressed”.

The mood of high spirits and youthful fun was reinforced by the catwalk in the Grand Palais, which encircled a pale cream, specially-made carousel with oversized Chanel quilted bags, strings of pearls, earrings, bottles of scent, logos and shoes replacing the traditional, painted wooden horses.

t was possible, however, to discern the occasional item not designed for the under-25 market. The cardigan suit, for example, also appeared in more conventional form, with a belted jacket and maxi-skirt to the ankle. The length had something to recommend it: It hid most of the curious two-in-one tights which were black from the back and nude, textured or lacey from the front.
There were also well-cut tweed dresses with long, egg-shaped, cardigan-coats, trimmed with Mongolian goat-hair, and one classic, tailored black suit, with white cuffs and collar and a white camellia, the signature Chanel flower, at the neckline. The Paris prêt-à-porter season for next autumn/winter, concludes this weekend with the collections of Chloé, Hermès, Nina Ricci, John Galliano, Lanvin and Louis Vuitton. Read more »

Chanel is one of the biggest names in the fashion and beauty industry. With its superb range of quality clothing and accessories Chanel is one of the most desirable names worldwide. I feel that the House of Chanel has a class and style that none of the other designers will ever attain. It all began in 1910 with a small hat shop in Paris, and now the cachet of Chanel is a worldwide design success. Think of No.5 Perfume, the Little Black Dress - you do not even need to say ‘Chanel’, it goes without saying.

Chanel handbags attract women of all ages - thanks to the iconic images of Coco Chanel, these Chanel accessories are considered to be fashion classics. Karl Lagerfeld is now the artistic director at Chanel and he is credited with the more edgy lines at Chanel. Chanel bags are a great investment, especially if you can find one in a sale.

Chanel handbags are available in a wide array of styles, fabrics and colours. From leather to suede, formal to casual, Chanel offers a designer bag that strikes the right note whatever you are doing. Chanel handbags are designed to be used, not merely displayed. The handbags often include a large variety of features that make them practical as well as pretty. Chanel prides itself on a product of intelligent design. For instance, the Chanel Cambon Clutch has lots of pockets and zippered openings, gorgeous silver hardware and, of course, the Chanel logo. The price of Chanel handbags ranges from the low hundreds to several thousand dollars and are sold in stores and online venues worldwide. Chanel handbags are made from the finest leathers, silks and fabrics so the quality is obviously reflected in every Chanel handbag. The essential Chanel handbag - the IT bag – is the 2.55 bag. This small designer purse g is almost as famous as the Birkin bag for Hermes. Chanel handbags are versatile and can go just about anywhere.
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Because genuine designer handbags are priced well beyond the means of millions of women who would love to own an exclusive bag, many handbag manufacturers are now offering designer replica purses, which are remarkably good reproductions of the authentic designer handbags produced by the major fashion houses. Good quality replica bags - sold as copies - are very affordable. The high quality and low price of these replica designer handbags combine to make imitation designer handbags immensely popular with women who crave the designer look on a budget. By Replica handbags I am talking about handbags which are sold as lookalikes of major names, NOT counterfeit designer handbags. As long as you know what you are buying, then you will be happy with your purchase. The terrible thing is that millions of ripoffs of designer bags, especially Louis Vuitton, are passed off on innocent customers as the real thing. In June 2008 eBay paid a fine of 20,000 Euros after court action by luxury goods designer Hermes for the online auction house’s role in the sale of three counterfeit handbags online. Theer are mnay warnings and guides posted on eBay to help you check whether your bag is authentic. The truth is, unless you buy from a retailer accredited by the designers, you cannot be sure whether your bag is authentic or a cheap copy.

Impress Others And Look Classy And Elegant
Women have found that carrying designer replica handbags is a great way to make a lasting impression on others, and can mean the difference between a merely attractive and absolutely stunning appearance at important occasions. There are a number of very compelling reasons why women should forget about struggling to afford the money for astronomically priced original designer bags in favour of designer replica handbags. Read more »